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Marketing in the Internet age: what can we learn from the past?

Marketing in the Internet age: what can we learn from the past?
Marketing in the Internet age: what can we learn from the past?
Examines whether business really is undergoing a revolution or just the latest in a series of incremental changes with the universal and seemingly exponential spread of Internet technology. While it is tempting to regard the Internet as a unique challenge through its dual role as a driver of change and provider of tools for change, the article begins by drawing on a number of historical precedents in order to question some of the “hype” surrounding current Internet developments. By analysing relevant literature and primary data from a number of case studies in the UK and the USA, the particular challenges facing marketing are then examined to establish whether there are any parallels in marketing history from which lessons for the future may be learned. From our examples it is concluded that many “new” developments have in fact been practised for centuries and traditional processes are an important constituent of “evolutionary” rather than “revolutionary” innovation.
electronic commerce, internet marketing, management history, marketing strategy
0025-1747
944-956
Harris, Lisa
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Cohen, Geraldine
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Harris, Lisa
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Cohen, Geraldine
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Harris, Lisa and Cohen, Geraldine (2003) Marketing in the Internet age: what can we learn from the past? Management Decision, 41 (9), 944-956. (doi:10.1108/00251740310495054).

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Examines whether business really is undergoing a revolution or just the latest in a series of incremental changes with the universal and seemingly exponential spread of Internet technology. While it is tempting to regard the Internet as a unique challenge through its dual role as a driver of change and provider of tools for change, the article begins by drawing on a number of historical precedents in order to question some of the “hype” surrounding current Internet developments. By analysing relevant literature and primary data from a number of case studies in the UK and the USA, the particular challenges facing marketing are then examined to establish whether there are any parallels in marketing history from which lessons for the future may be learned. From our examples it is concluded that many “new” developments have in fact been practised for centuries and traditional processes are an important constituent of “evolutionary” rather than “revolutionary” innovation.

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Published date: 2003
Keywords: electronic commerce, internet marketing, management history, marketing strategy

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Local EPrints ID: 47677
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/47677
ISSN: 0025-1747
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Date deposited: 08 Aug 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:35

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Author: Lisa Harris
Author: Geraldine Cohen

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